Pivotal means for toy car trucks



Jan. 13, 1931.

H. C. IVES ET AL- PIVOTAL MEANS FOR TOY CAR TRUCKS Filed April 12, 1928 VENTORS. $22521 7W A TH'ORNEYS UN ST '15 trucks in a forward position;

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Patented Jan. 13, 1931 V s I meat-2.

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Application filed A rniz;

- This invention relates to toy railway cars and resides more particularly n the construction of the car truck and means for .at-

7 taching the'same tothecar body;

vide a simple form, of construction whereby the trucks may readily be connected and disconnected from the car bodyby the operation of a single screw, and further to provide pivotal means, for the attachment of the trucks to theicar' bodies wh ch will prevent the trucks from turning'around on their pivots andc'onsequently insurethe retaining of the forward end portronof the Still another and important v longer coupler, link andto connect the inner end thereof to the pivot so as .to allow the link to swing uponalarger radiusand especiallyto .form theconnection for coupler.

link to the pivotal connection of v trucks,

' '25 ratlier than to the forward'enduportion of the car, which is obviouslyobjectionable sinceit causes frictlon of wheels wlth ra ls when the car is travelling over curved sec tions of track. 1

.It will be furthervnoted that by reason of the connection ofthe coupler linkto the pivotal connection of truck and car andby the location of the said pivot forward of the center of the car the truck serves, as it should, to carry the car ratherthan he 'car carrying thetruck 7 Other features of g combinations of parts in addition to the abovewill be hereinafter described in cons nection with the accompanyingdrawings whichillustrate a preferrediiorm of the invention. e d j I Similar characters of reference. denote like or corresponding parts throughout. the

.45 several figures of the accompanying drawings forming a part Qupon'which: K p H v Fig. 1 shows'a vertical, longitud nal sectional view of one end portion of a toy pasof this specification and C senger car body and a six wheel truck pivfeature ofthe' invention is to provide the: pivotal 'connecthe invention and novel 1928i1ISc'ria1 No. 269,336; 7

ourinvention; and f I V 'Flg', 2 shows-an inverted:bottom plan ylew of thetruck coupler and car body as showninFig. 1. 9 5

. Referring in Vdetail tofthe characters of reference marked upon thezdrawings, 5 rep resents a track rail G-a passenger car body and Ta cover which in practice is made def i I 'tachablc to permit vof the attachment assemblage of thefseveral parts'of the car body;v 8 represents a truck frame which "is r '7 preferably made of one L piece though in cludes opposite" vertically disposed parallel side portions 99 anda toporhorizontal portions together. I c r i The sides 'arepi ovided with aligned holes ll,l1 in which the endporti'ons: oft-he. axles 12 are journalled." Thin sheet metal brass boxes are shown attached to the outer face offthe side portions 9+9 tocover the 7 r ,65 platform member 10 that oins I the two side 7 ends of the axles Iandltofdre ss upthe side I face'of the truck -in .imitation..of-a 'full size v comrnercial'truck. Each ofthe axles 12 are provided with a flanged wheel l upon its fo'uter' end portions vto engage and. roll upon the track" rail 5.

This t'ruclrframelas shown described with attached axles and wheels comprises a" six wheeled truck as show'n'in-the drawings but as will be o viousor course, so faras our in-' vention is concerned, that the same would be equally applicable, to a; four wheel truck including'a shorter frameand but two axles and four wheels] For the attachment oftlie truck .we pro- .7

'vide'ai stud 15liavin an inte 'ral collar 16 v b b 1 and a depending pin 17; This stud seated. in a hole;inthe floor ofthedcar with itscol lar against the underside andis secured to the floor byhavingjitsupper end portion swedged' down to form alrivet head 18 upon the inside of the car] The stud thus becomes a fixed pivotal member of the car, upon which the "truck" is pivotally connected. This pin extends down through a hole in t the platform ofthe truck 'framefandsimilarly engages a bracket "19 attached .to the underside .of thecar body by meansof a center of the length of the car itrucki and the platform of the truck irame which is pivotally mounted therebetween 1 and; upon the stud 17 before mentioned.

The forward end of the bracket Amy;

be extended and disposed downward as at 2 8 to insulatively carry a-contaet 1701129 for engagement with the third rail of the track.

One end a wireis iconnected to this roller and theothercarriedup throi'ig'hfthe bottom of the car for-lighting or such other purposes as may be required. Lrne A as shown in. Fig. lindicates'ithe substantially inline with the center axle of a six wheel truck or midway of the twoaaxles of a four wheel truck. This cent-er line as thus 'disclosedhas so far as we are aware, heretofore been the point of pivotalfconneetion of thistype of truclr jto ear bodies, Tand were thus 'free to turn entirely around,

there being no front end as di'stinguislried from the rear end. "Where trucks are cenmay pivotally connected and adapted to turn around on a \pivot it is more diiiicult to place the cars onthe track as the trucks willinvariably swing to a crosswise pos tion rather thanto remain in alignment withth'e cars and track, and therefore'requirenio're time and patience in the placing of a train on a track ofthis kind;

Vi e have theref relocated ourpivotal pin 17 in the floor ofthe car and nearerto the ends thereof and formed of the pivotal hole '22 111 the truck frame forward of the center line and the center axle, leaving'the larger port on 01' the truck disposed toward the center of the car 'andfthe remainingfs'i-naller P01131011 d sposed toward theouter end ofthe 'car. The inner end of the coupler link-23 is provided with a slot 24throu'g'h which the pivotal 'pinfl'r' is positioned andnihe'eby 'a hinged connection of coupler. link with truck pivotis formed. a This inner slotted end of coupler link is supported between the under side ofthep'latform 8 of the truck frame and the top side of the bracket and by means of which latter it is held in its con- "nected hinged pivotalrelation." The forward end of thejc ouplerlink is supported in a relatively long slot 125 formed in a depending cross memberjQQ securedto "the underj side of the floor of the 'end'portion's' of the car in a Way ftoform :ai'npleIro'o'm for the coupler linkfltofswingl'backward and forward, as

for instance when goinglaround a curve;

2'7 represents the coupler mechanism bairied'on the outer end of the coupler link, the

same being substantially like that disclosed in our former patent; In Fig. 2, we havealso illustrated by dotted lines an angular position of the truck as assumed when' swung upon its pivot 17 and which represents the extent to which this truck may turn upon its pivot with relation to the car body and fwherein it-is not gper-mitted to turn clear around ,as is'fthecasewith vmost toy railway car trucks. 1

y This particular stop means consists of the shouldered portion 21 of the bracket l9 ,wvhich' issecuredto the underside of the central portion of the car and which for our purposese'rves as a stop for theg-rear edge portions Z) of the "plat-form of the truck, see F Front a "careful study -and comparison of this construction; as shown in 'both lfigs. l and 2,'fit will ber'se'en that the truck frame is 'freetonnove' to a limited extent, upon/its pivot but that upon "reach ing the position illustrated by dotted lines in 2 the said edgejp'or'tions 'b of-the truck platform will "abutagainst the shoulder portions of the bracket 'anCl"-p '1*event the fur'ther' turning of the truck, thus at all times retaining the greater portion of the truck disposed inward longitudinally of the car and toward themiddle ofthe length'of the car and the "lesser.

portion of the truck fou'tward towardthefjend. a

" VVIe find in practice that a coupler link or.

arm bar connection as -herei n 'shown, di-l.

rectlyto the pivotal c'onnectionofthe truck 3 "withthe .ca'r and not gwith'the forward end 'of the :ca-r, provides a more direct line *o't' draft and reduces-the amount of friction between thetruck' wheels and track, thus lightening" the load for the locomotive. This formof connection also produces a cheaper construction since in the assembling of the parts the "truck" and coupler link are ,connectedbyrmeans of a single screw. 1 Having thusdescribed our invention, what we claim; and desire" to secure by Letters Patent is? 1. The combination with a car body, ofa truckjpivotally connected thereto, and a coupler link loosely-coimected *to 'sai d pivotal connection to move ,lat'erallyfindependent thereofl 3 2. The combination with a car body, of a I truck pivotally connected -thereto,- said -piv otal connection being forward. o-ta cei'itcrline drawncrosswise through the truck, and i a coupler link connected to said pivots-icon- 'nection'ofcar and-truck. 1

The combination with a car body; of r a truck including aftruc'k frame and fwh ee'ls, Y a pi'votal'studsecured to the "car 'body and engaging with the truck frame forward "of a. cross line drawn'th rough the center =of the engaging; the stud in spaced r'latizm t6 the truck; .a bracket attached tofthe carbody and r 7 car body and extended down through the truck frame and a bracket secured to the,

floor of the car body to support the truck v and limit the'movementof the truck frame on the stud.

4:. The combination with a'car body, of a truck including a truck frame and wheels,

a pivotal stud secured to the car body and engaging with the truck frame forward of a cross line drawn through the center of the truck, a bracket attached to the-car body and engaging the stud in spaced relationto the floor of the car body and beneath the platform of the truck, a coupler link the inner end of which is hingedly connected to said stud. V

5. The combination with, a car b0dy,'of a truck frame, a pivotalstud secured to the under side of the car and including an arm that projects across the under side of the truck frame and engages thestud in a'manner to support the'truck.

6. The combination with a car body, of a truck, a pin for pivotally connecting the truck to the car body, a bracket securedt0 the car and extended below the truck frame -r and engaging the pin, and an electric c0 ntact roller insulatively carried by the bracket for engagement with a live rail.

Signed at Bridgeport,'in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, this 27th day of March, A. D. 1928.

HARRY 'o. IVES.

HUGH 'R. NEWSOM. 

